Creation

The Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven was passed by Dolores Umbridge by mid-morning of 23 March1996 to prevent the students from reading the interview about Voldemort's return. Umbridge managed to pass the Decree merely hours after learning of said interview. [1]

Reaction

Given the interview "spread lies" about the return of Voldemort, Umbridge posted the Decree all over the school's halls and classrooms, instead of the usual proclamation on the common rooms' announcement boards. [1] Curiosity arose on the students after reading the prohibitions and, in a small amount of time, all the school seemed to have read the interview. Umbridge patrolled the school checking the students' bags in search for copies of the magazine but was unsuccessful as copies were jinxed to appear ordinary textbooks or white pieces of parchment. The teachers, forbidden of talking about it under the terms of Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six, managed to reward Harry for his courage by offering large amounts of points for doing simple tasks, giving him boxes of Squeaking Sugar Mice and predicting his eventual rise to the post of Minister for Magic. [1]
Upon reading the magazine and the recent contradictions of the Daily Prophet some students, like Seamus Finnigan, started to believe Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore. [1]